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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3832894

The Samarth Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos Hills, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $160,400 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $160,400

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,901,905

  • Tax year 2023

    $155,557

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,023,735

  • Tax year 2022

    $154,901

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,125,668

  • Tax year 2021

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,171,437

  • Tax year 2020

    $129,001

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,205,412

  • Tax year 2019

    $131,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,245,098

  • Tax year 2018

    $92,562

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,261,119

  • Tax year 2017

    $80,586

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,328,206

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA

    To offer a dynamic environment that prizes academic inquiry and interpersonal connection to inspire scholarly ambition, creativity and discoveries with wide-ranging impact.

    $100,000
  2. Foundation for ExcellenceSunnyvale, CA

    To provide college scholarships to students who, although financially constrained, showed great promise in the technological, engineering and medical fields, three of the most expensive higher education programs in india

    $10,000
  3. Policy ImpactSan Francisco, CA

    To provide technical assistance to youth-serving organizations, and to coordinate education and other policy efforts

    $10,000
  4. Pratham USAHouston, TX

    To raise awareness and mobilize financial resources to increase the number of children in india who can live a good life and earn a good livelihood wherever in the country they were born and raised.

    $10,000
  5. Clean Air Task Force IncBoston, MA

    To help safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid global development and deployments of low carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies through research and analysis, public advocacy leadership, and partnership with the private sector.

    $5,000
  6. IpasChapel Hill, NC

    To advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraceptions, using a comprehensive approach that addresses health, legal and social systems.

    $5,000
  7. Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT

    To ensure childrens unique needs are met and their voices are heard

    $5,000
  8. World Kitchen CentralWashington, DC

    To provide fresh meals in response to crises and support regional economies.

    $5,000
  9. International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY

    To help people whose lives and livelihooods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

    $4,000
  10. Goldman Sachs Philanthropy FundNew York, NY

    To encourage and promote philanthropy and charitable giving

    $2,500
  11. American Near East Refugee Aid IncWashington, DC

    To help refugees and others hurt by conflicts in the middle east live with dignity and purpose. To mobilize resources for immediate emergency relief and for sustainable, long-term health, education, and economic development.

    $1,900
  12. American India FoundationNew York, NY

    Committed to improving the lives of india's underprivileged--with a special focus on women, children, and youth--through high impact interventions in education, livelihoods, and public health

    $1,000
  13. TEAM4TECH FoundationMenlo Park, CA

    To improve quality of education for under-resourced learners by building nonprofit capacity through technology solutions

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $21,00038% of the total
  2. International aid4 grants $15,90029% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $12,50023% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $5,0009% of the total
  5. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $123,500
  2. Texas1 grant $10,000
  3. District of Columbia2 grants $6,900
  4. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  6. North Carolina1 grant $5,000
  7. New York2 grants $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Vivek PaulPRESIDENT; CHAIRPERSON Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Nilita PaulVP; SECRETARY; TREASURER; Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kunal Lakhan-PalDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Shreya Lakhan-PalDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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